Free course on Web sites

    A course on tips to develop a Web site will be presented by the Maine Small Business Development Center at Northern Maine Development Commission, Amity Professional Services, Presque Isle Area Chamber of Commerce and the University of Maine at Presque Isle Professional Business Leaders club, will be sponsoring a training session.
    The two-hour workshop will be held Thursday Sept. 24 at UMPI’s Campus Center, Rm. 118, 6 p.m. Attendees will learn many helpful tips about developing and managing their small business Web sites. Topics to be covered will include; Web site development, free tools such as Google Sites, Front Page or other WYSIWYG editors, how to choose a Web developer and search engine optimization.
    The workshop will be led by Larry Hamilton of Amity Professional Services in Amity, Maine. Hamilton became interested in computers while attending UMPI where he maintained a 3.90 GPA. Larry, as he prefers to be called, went on to start Amity Professional Services (AmityWebs.com), which offers Web design, hosting, software set-up and training, property management, and bookkeeping services.
    Larry has developed Web sites for the Presque Isle and Houlton Chambers of Commerce, local non-profits, e-commerce sites, community newsletters and others. Amity Professional Services is an environmentally friendly, green company which is operated on wind and solar power.             Although the workshop is presented at no charge, pre-registration is required with Nicole Doody at NMDC via phone: (207) 498-8736; or, e-mail: ndoody@nmdc.org.